Block-dressing implement.



J. OLOUGHLIN. BLOCK DRESSING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-10.1917.

Patented uly 9, 1918.

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JOHN OLOUGHLIN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented July 9, 1918.

. Application filed September 10, 1917. Serial No. 190,480.

Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Jonn OLoUenLIN of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Block- Dressing Implements; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference characters marked thereon.

My invention relates to a block dressing implement and has for its object to provide an efi'ective hand operated. scraping or cutting instrument which can be used on various types of wooden blocks either for cleaning or leveling the surfaces of the same. A further object of the invention is to provide a block dressing implement of few parts, simple in construction, which can be cheaply manufactured and readily assembled and operated. To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more full described, the novel features being points out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

Fi 4 is a sectional elevation taken on line of Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

In the present embodiment of the invention the implement is one which is particularly adapted for dressing and leveling what is known as shoe blocks constructed or formed of wood and upon which the material forming the soles and other parts of shoes is placed'in superimposed layers previous to the cutting operation thereon of forcing the knives through the material and into the block. The blocks after being used a certain length of time are required to be dressed off and leveled down to provide a new and comparatively straight and smooth surface upon which the continued cutting operations are performed and my improved implement is particularly adapted for service of this kind. It is also suitable for dressin and cleaning butcher and other types 0 blocks as well, and is so constructed as to be easily operated by those unfamiliar with tools of this kind.

In the embodiment shown, 10 represents the body or support for the frame which is secured to the body, preferabl by the screws 11 extending through the u 12 at the front and back of the frame. T e body or support 10 is provided at one end with a handle 13 and'at .the other end with an upstanding cleat or projection 14, by means 0 which the operator moves--the implement over the surface to be dressed or cleaned. The frame is preferably formed of cast iron or other suitable material in order to rovide as rigid a construction as possible m a device of this kind. The frame comprises the convergently arranged end walls 15 and 16 connected by a central web 17 and by the two parallel walls 18, as well as by the tie bars 19 at the top edge of the frame. The frame is rigidly and permanently connected to the support, or ma be integral therewith, and forms substantlally a unitary structure for the support of the convergently arran ed saws or blades 20 which are braced t eir full length bv the acing members 21, as shown 1n Figs. 2 and 3. The set screws 22 serve to clamp the blades 20 in enga ement with the s acing members as best own in Fig. 2, w ereby the blades are at all times rigidly held and supported within the frame upon the bars 19 which serve as rests or stops tovrestrain said parts against upward movement. The saws are easily removed by loosening the set screws on one side of the frame when it is desired to clean or sharpen the same.

It has been found that by reason of the convergently arranged saws amore effective cuttmg implement is afforded than would otherwise be provided and this is considered one of the chief advantages of the present invention.

It will be understood, of course, that I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown, as it is obvious that certain modifications in the present structure may be made without departing from the int of the invention, as expressed in the c aims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A block dressing implement comprising a support having a frame connected therewith provided with eonvergently arranged walls, saw blades mounted between said walls, removable spacing members between the blades and means for holdin the blades in contact with the spacing mem rs, said means being located exteriorly of said spacing members.

2. In a block dressing implement, a support comprising a body portion having spaced convergently arranged walls projecting therefrom and connected by a centrally disposed web, a plurality of saw blades mounted upon each side of the web substantially parallel to the walls, spacing members removably mounted between the mamas blades and extending substantially the full length thereof and means for holdin the blades in contact with the spacing mem ers.

3. In a block dressing implement, a support having a frame thereon comprising spaced walls and tie bars connecting said walls at one edge thereof, saw blades positioned between the walls, spacing members positioned between the blades and resting on said tie bars and means for holding the blades in contact with the s acing members.

JOHN O LOUGHLIN. 

